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Metadiscursive Processes in the Acquisition of a Second Language1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 November 2008

Alain Giacomi  and
Robert Vion
Alain Giacomi
Affiliation:
G.R.A.L.Aix-en-Provence / Université de Provence
Robert Vion
Affiliation:
G.R.A.L.Aix-en-Provence / Université de Provence
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Abstract

This study deals with the acquisition of narrative competence in French as a second language by an Arabic-speaking migrant worker in interaction with a target language speaker. In particular, it is devoted to an analysis of the role played by certain forms like voilà and il [madi] / moi je [di] in narratives. On the basis of a significant difference in the occurrence of these forms in successive encounters in the course of a longitudinal study, hypotheses are formulated about the polyfunctional uses of voilà, il [modi] / moi je [di] as a way for the learner to differentiate the narrative planes, to mark the chronology of events in the narrative, or to introduce quoted speech.

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Studies in Second Language Acquisition , Volume 8 , Issue 3 , October 1986 , pp. 355 - 368
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1986

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